I began this a while ago, taking it where I could, then setting it aside for other projects.  She spoke to me this morning and we resolved our unfinished conversation, content and satisfied.

Painting someone's portrait is, of course, an impossible task. What an absurd idea to try and distil a human being, the most complex organism on the planet, into flicks, washes, and blobs of paint on a two-dimensional surface. (David Cobley)